Only yesterday, I saw a client who was frustrated by the amount of SPAM/Junk email that she receives every day.

She told me that she has ‘unsubscribed’ from so many of them, this just seems to generate more Junk.Unfortunately, the ‘unsubscribing’ from the junk emails may be the very thing that is causing further junk.​You should only ever unsubscribe from emails that come from businesses you know are legitimate - and even then, make sure that the email is truly from that business.

Unsubscribing from unsolicited emails only serves to notify the sender that you are a legitimate email address - something they may not have known, given that they will (most likely) be working from a list received illegally. That makes you a much more attractive target for future junk and phishing/malware emails.

Instead of unsubscribing from such emails, simply mark them as Junk or move them to your Junk mailbox. By marking them as Junk, you are helping to send a message to the rest of the 'internet' that the sender is not trustworthy.

Do you know how to move a mail message to Junk on your iPad or iPhone?

To move an email that you deem to be SPAM/Junk, simply use the 'Move' option in the Mail app.

If you need a bit of help to find this option and work out how to use it, check out this Handy Hint for iTandCoffee Club members. (You will need an iTandCoffee Club login to to view this tip - find out more about The iTandCoffee Club here.)

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